A surgeon extracting a tooth. Oil painting after G. Dou.

  • Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.
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44614i
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On the left stands a surgeon who is holding an extracted tooth in his right hand. On the right is a boy who is holding his finger to his mouth to demonstrate that he has just had his tooth extracted. On the table in front of the surgeon is a lancet case, a bowl, and a testimonial with an attached red wax seal

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1 painting : oil on metal ; sight 16.5 x 12 cm

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References note

C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, vol. 1, no. 144, pp. 393-394 (the painting at Dresden and copy in Schwerin, both dated 1672)
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden: Katalog der ausgestellten Werke, Dresden 1992, no. 1710, pp. 180-181 (the Dresden painting, signed and dated 1672, on oak 31 x 24 cm.)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44614i

Reproduction note

After: painting by G. Dou in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, or after a copy of it

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